Migrate Email & Attachments from EML file into PST
Windows Live Mail is a discontinued email client provided by Microsoft. When it is discontinued, users move towards Outlook as there is no point in keeping WLM. So, if you are planning to export emails and attachments from Windows Live Mail into PST Outlook, then you will find the article worthy for you.
Why users switch to MS Outlook from Windows Live Mail?
Microsoft Outlook provides multiple advanced features by which users move towards Outlook –
- Outlook is easy to use and useful for both home and business users
- Outlook offers smart security features
- Outlook is freely available with MS Office suite
- With discontinuation of Windows Live Mail, users switch towards Microsoft Outlook
- Outlook has smart connectivity with MS Exchange Server
- With Outlook, users can easily work in offline mode.
Methods to export Windows Live Mail file into PST Outlook
Windows Live Mail offers the facility to directly export EML files from Windows Live Mail to Microsoft Exchange or WLM format.
Here are the steps to export items to MS Exchange –
- Launch Windows Live Mail email client. Go to File menu, click on Export email and choose Email messages.
- Choose Microsoft Exchange and hit next.
- You will get an export message and click OK to proceed.
- Choose Outlook from profile name and click OK
- Now, select all folders or selected folder options under Export message dialogue. Click OK.
- You can check the status of export process.
- In the end, you will get a message showing successful completion of the process.
- Now, Open Outlook to verify the export.
As WLM mail items are exported to Exchange, these emails can be downloaded as PST file. After that, using Import/Export feature of Outlook, one can access PST file in MS Outlook.
Drawbacks of using manual solution
Manual method to export emails and attachments from Windows Live Mail into PST Outlook has multiple drawbacks –
- Can’t transfer attachments with emails
- It needs a lot of time and effort
- Email formatting and properties can be lost during the conversion process
- You can’t export large or huge number of EML files with it.
Quick and easy way to switch from EML Windows Live Mail into PST Outlook
GainTools EML to PST Converter is one of the simplest tools to export Windows Live Mail EML files into PST for Outlook 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010, etc. The tool offers an easy to use interface and provides outstanding features for the conversion of Windows Live Mail emails to PST file format. Multiple EML files can be easily loaded at once to export into PST file format without using MS Outlook.
Here is how this software works –
- Download and launch EML to PST Converter on your Windows system.
- Select EML file or EML folder that you want to convert.
- Find out preview of EML files and then click on Export button.
- Select Convert to PST under Export Type. Also, choose new PST or existing PST file.
- Now, provide a destination path to save the resultant PST file.
- Finally, press the Convert Now button.
After successful conversion, get the file at desired location. Now, you can simply open the resultant PST file to Outlook using Import/Export feature.
Concluding Lines
I hope after going through this post, users can easily switch from Windows Live Mail file into PST format with all emails and attachments. Manually, it is complicated and lengthy hence a simple third-party solution is provided for quick and safe conversion. To analyze the software, download a free trial of the software before buying it.